Strong's Lexicon
G808
G808 — ἀσχημοσύνη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G808 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀσχημοσύνη |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G809 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | aschemosune |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | as-khay-mos-oo'-nay |
| Meaning: | 1. a lack of form 2. (morally) an indecency 3. (by implication) the genitalia, pudenda |
| KJV Renderings: | shame, that which is unseemly |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσχημοσύνη, ἀσχημοσύνης, ἡ (ἀσχήμων); from Plato down; unseemliness, an unseemly deed: Rom 1:27; of the pudenda, one’s nakedness, shame: Rev 16:15, as in Exo 20:26; Deu 23:14, etc. (In Greek writings from Plato down.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀσχημοσύνη (shame)
Romans 1:27
- KJV: And likewise also the men leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust one toward another men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet
- GK: ομοίως τε και οι άρρενες αφέντες την φυσικήν χρήσιν της θηλείας εξεκαύθησαν εν τη ορέξει αυτών εις αλλήλους άρσενες εν άρσεσι την ασχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι και την αντιμισθίαν ην έδει της πλάνης αυτών εν εαυτοίς απολαμβάνοντες
Revelation 16:15
- KJV: Behold I come as a thief Blessed he that watcheth and keepeth his garments lest he walk naked and they see his shame
- GK: ιδού έρχομαι ως κλέπτης μακάριος ο γρηγορών και τηρών τα ιμάτια αυτού ίνα μη γυμνός περιπατή και βλέπωσι την ασχημοσύνην αυτού